A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and Physicians

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Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present. For the high school or college student, it will serve as an introduction to the lives of these healers; some students may be inspired to do further research on them or may be inspired to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing, will find the biographies useful starting points for more in-depth research. Each biography provides references for further reading and study.

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.,."a comprehensive view of women's contributions that will serve readers in high school, public and academic libraries."-Lawrence Looks at Books
.,."will serve as a handy reference for appropriate audiences."-Library Journal
...a comprehensive view of women's contributions that will serve readers in high school, public and academic libraries.-Lawrence Looks at Books
...will serve as a handy reference for appropriate audiences.-Library Journal
A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers is recommended for medical libraries, undergraduate collections, and large public libraries.-Feminist Collections
Scrivner and Barnes have posted a long-delayed valentine to female health professionals....A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers offers a distinct context and is recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
..."a comprehensive view of women's contributions that will serve readers in high school, public and academic libraries."-Lawrence Looks at Books
..."will serve as a handy reference for appropriate audiences."-Library Journal
"A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers is recommended for medical libraries, undergraduate collections, and large public libraries."-Feminist Collections
"Scrivner and Barnes have posted a long-delayed valentine to female health professionals....A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers offers a distinct context and is recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

LAURIE SCRIVENER is Assistant Professor of Bibliography and Social Sciences Reference Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Libraries. Scrivener was a co-editor of the International Biographical Directory of National Archivists, Documentalists, and Librarians, second edition, and has been published in the Journal of Government Information. J. SUZANNE BARNES currently works for Ebsco Subscription Services Inc. in Los Angeles, California. She has worked for the University of Oklahoma Libraries, the Tulsa City-County Library System, the Santa Monica Public Library, and the Gemological Institute of America Library.